A Tory MP has quit the Leave campaign because she says it is lying to the public

Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston has dealt a major blow to the
official campaign for Britain to leave the European Union by
quitting and supporting Remain instead.

Dr. Wollaston, chairman of the health select committee, told the BBC that she did not feel
"comfortable" supporting a campaign that was making claims
that are not true.

Specifically, Dr. Wollaston was referring to Vote Leave's claim
that Britain would save £350 million a week by quitting the
28-nation bloc. This argument has featured prominently in Vote
Leave's campaigning.

Dr. Wollaston, who is a GP as well as MP for Totnes, said: "For
someone like me who has long campaigned for open and honest data
in public life I could not have set foot on a battle bus that has
at the heart of its campaign a figure that I know to be untrue.

"If you're in a position where you can't hand out a Vote Leave
leaflet, you can't be campaigning for that organisation." Vote
Leave argues that Britain hands over £350 million a week to
Brussels as part of its EU membership.

Dilnot has said on numerous occasions that this sum
is deceiving as it doesn't take into account the funds Britain
receives from the EU in return and that actually the amount is
around £136 million.

Dr. Wollaston also rejected Vote Leave's claims that a Brexit
would boost financial support for the NHS. She told the BBC: "The
consensus now is there would be a huge economic shock if we voted
to leave.

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"Undoubtedly, the thing that's most going to influence the
financial health of the NHS is the background economy. So I think
there would be a Brexit penalty."

Wollaston's dramatic U-turn comes with just two weeks to go until
Britons will decide on whether the country should remain part of
the European Union.

The truthfulness of the Leave campaign was already being
heavily scrutinised prior to Dr. Wollaston's
remarks. Brexit-advocate Nigel Farage was accused of "blatant scaremongering" and
neglecting facts when he faced a live audience in ITV's
referendum show on Tuesday.